The Osceola times., 1887-09-24
Lecture Delivered Before the
osceola:sProhibition
Alliance.

"Oess sRHSsS Oos SeRsCieyt ost'
feeling ooncious of my inability h
give this grand question Of the mo
ment the elucidstion that . lectur'
on the subject should contain, it il
with timidity that I address the Al
lance, and especially the audienc'
who are not members Of the Alliance
tonight. l am not physician ant
anatomist enough to tell you Of the
effect Of alcohol on the brain, nerve,
and muscles, 20 that you would turl
from the cup with horror. Nor have
| bad any experience with drunken
relations or friends TO prejudice me
against this 10th century manifesto.
ton Of the Devil; but ! have seen
and heard and felt enough OF the evil
to make me thoroughly and aggress.
lively . Prohibitionist. Sometimes l
think l am eonsfitxfionaily . prohi-
bitionist. ! want to say "thou shalt
not" efectually, to every one who
seems to me to be about to do some
thing wrong; and i'll had the power
l would prevent al wrong doing.
In the process of time the propensity
for wrong would grow inert from
desuetude. But this disposition to
prohibit Is apparently incompatible
with that glorious preamble Of JEFF
f.rson's which wHEREAsED to all the
ages that all men were endowed by
their Creator with certain inalienable
rights, among them are life, liberty
aud the pursuit Of happiness; and as
we all believe that, aud are only diff.
ferentiated in the answer TO the
questions, what 10 lifeP what is lib.
srtyf what is happinessf l think l
can show that prohibition of the
making, selling and drinking of Al.
oohol, in oil its notifications, is not
q bar to the exercise of those rights,
but . clearing Of the atmosphere to
enable the race to occupy more Of
the abode terrestrial and celestial
that God intended for us, and in or.
der 10 do this, I will begin BY max
ing . statement which believe il
true; viz: The only science which i,
complete to-day is the science ol
morality; and djthat is complete be-
cuaes nothing in physical nature
shows us the workings Of spiritusl
nature within these bodies Of ours
and God revealed to us this science
because we could not find it By
searching among the hidden thing,
of Earth. This knowledge of NOR
Atty 10 necessary to . fullness and
completeness Of earthly life, and any
failure TO comply with these bcnev.
olent revelations arrests the intended
progress, and results in premature
death-suicidei
"Thou shalt not kill" has beer
written in the Book which you al
believe to b. true, and which you
see constantly proving itself to b.
. revelation from Creator to Great.
ure Of the whole system Of living
necessary TO make you enjoy to tn,
utmost this beautiful Earth thai
was made for man; but from the muir
derous effects of alcohol drinking
which you see every day, you know
that this porfeot, enjoyable living
10 impossible, and every one of you
aiding BY your vote or your silence
this drinking, is a party to this mur
der and . sharsr in the shame ane
dsprivstions attending the process
and consequently . dwarf.r of you
own best earthly life, as you are ,
sharor in the transgression and ii
consequences by consent, uttered Of
suppressed; you can only set yoursel
right in this world of morality b,
prohibiting the making, healing-out
or drinking of this liquid, fury.mak
ing weapon of Death. BY so doing
you secure for Yourself and other
the ability to live. This prohibition
is an exercise of the Divine right o
self defence. You ought to exclud,
your enemy from every position
where he will harm you. II is ais
an exercise of the right of protection
which every one has over his fellow
and which God inculcated when h
said "where 10 thy brother Ablef
The scorn of the murderer's an<we
has not been hsrmonized by centu
ries since; the brothers killer vii
not be the brothers keeper.
1t cannot be that the commsn,
ABE ye perfect a. my Father in Heav
en- 10 perfect" 10 impossible Of f,l
illment, whom we consider we ar,
to gil the measure Of living, day sf
ter day, that the Father provided 10
us to live here, and for which He ha
given US every appropriate environ
-ment; when we narrow our environ
ments by the commission of thes,
forbidden things, we enervsto th,
soul, the intellect, and impair tn
earthly body till some Ofus approach
Divinity no nearer than our mother
had us at the incarnation. We Civ
no perfect measure of love and ser
vice TO the race, a. God doss; n,
perfect measure of love and ssrvic,
to ourselves. We are not ediiyiul
for the Providences of our Creator
and only the blessings for which "